#D6B738#D6B738

#D6B738 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.484; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.143 H 94.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D6B738
RGB	rgb(214, 183, 56)
HSL	hsl(48, 66%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(48, 74%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.5%, 73.8%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.11, -1.91, 64.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.11, 64.81, 91.69°)
OKLab	oklab(78.48% -0.012 0.1427)
OKLCH	oklch(78.48% 0.143 94.8)
XYZ	xyz(45.3813, 48.4512, 10.7023)
Luminance	0.4845 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D6B738 #3857D6

analogous

#D66838 #D6B738 #A6D638

triadic

#D6B738 #38D6B7 #B738D6

tetradic

#D6B738 #38D668 #3857D6 #D638A6

square

#D6B738 #38D668 #3857D6 #D638A6

split-complementary

#D6B738 #38A6D6 #6838D6

monochromatic

#7A6719 #AD9224 #D6B738 #E0C96B #EBDC9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#D6B738 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.69

#D6B738 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D6B738

10.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D6B738	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D6B738	1.00	1.96	10.69	10.69
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB322

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BD40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7A89E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d6b738;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(214, 183, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.143 94.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7cc77',
    500: '#d6b738',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d6b738;
$custom-light: #e7cc77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d6b738",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 214,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.228,
    "s": 65.833,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78484,
    "c": 0.14324,
    "h": 94.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.48449
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D6B738

secondary

#93A0D7

accent

#60E93F

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#171309

muted

#85827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #D6B738

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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